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Reality Check: Obamacare Supporters Shocked by Own Premium Increases
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/10/08/i-was-laughing-at-boehner-until-today-n1718755
– are being forced to pay so much more in order to subsidize others' care. … The White House will get back to you in a month or so. … For the second week in a row, even MSNBC has been unable to apply lipstick to the bloated, perspiring, unhealthy, $2 trillion Obamacare…
What Should GOP Ask for in Exchange for Repealing Debt Limit?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2013/10/08/what-sh…ld-gop-ask-for-in-exchange-for-repealing-debt-limit-n1719370
– These are all shiny objects that accomplish little to nothing. … Liberals love to say that Congress has to raise the debt limit since they already voted for the spending driving the debt. … If Democrats want to end the debt limit, then all of these programs should be take off auto-pilot and put on budget next to defense…
Government Shouldn’t Be a King Maker
https://townhall.com/columnists/carrielukas/2013/10/08/government-shouldnt-be-a-king-maker-n1719142
– supposed to be able to use their time and talents as they saw fit, knowing laws would be applied equally to all citizens. … Businesses large and small anxiously look to Washington to see if they can expand or must contract due to a new round of regulations—from … Analysts estimate that 80 percent of the stimulus funds that flowed to Wisconsin went directly to support public unions.…
Green Tea Not Welcome at Tea Party
https://townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2013/10/27/green-tea-not-welcome-at-tea-party-n1732301
– tells us to wisely use our resources and to conserve.” … For solar to survive, rank-and-file Republicans must be won over to the solar-subsidy side. … The Georgia Public Service Commission—with Republican support—voted to add solar to Georgia’s electricity generation.…
On Immigration, Republicans Should Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2013/10/27/on-imm…epublicans-should-beware-of-democrats-bearing-gifts-n1732251
– The president wanted everyone to know that his call for amnesty has nothing to do with politics. Nothing. … But even if it did have something to do with politics, the president hastily added that doing so would be politically beneficial to … It is now up to House Republicans to seize the opportunity.…
Vulnerable Democrats: No, Seriously, Who's Up For an Obamacare Delay?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/10/25/vulnerabl…mocrats-no-seriously-whos-up-for-an-obamacare-delay-n1731770
– We've got to do something to at least buy ourselves some time, these Democrats are muttering to themselves, shell-shocked as the law … Do these Democrats -- who've voted to pass and protect this law repeatedly -- even understand how it works? It seems not. … to everyone.…
Desperation: Democrats Blame Obamacare Woes on GOP
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/10/24/desperation-democrats-blame-obamacare-woes-on-gop-n1731665
– Indeed, at Congressional hearings today, representatives from one such company swore an oath to tell the truth, then proceeded to lay … waste to the White House's blame shift: CGI "It is not our job to tell our client whether to go live or not." … CMS decided to spend 2 weeks on it.…
Take Aim at the Real Enemy
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2013/10/24/take-aim-at-the-real-enemy-n1731643
– The only thing that really mattered was how those senators would have voted on the bills the House of Representatives sent over to … When he tried to explain the facts of life to the Tea Partiers in his caucus, they didn't believe him. … We Republicans need to wise up.…
European Parliament: No, Abortion is Not a Human Right
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/10/22/european-parliment-no-abortion-is-not-a-human-right-n1729745
– LifeNews has more: The European Parliament today rejected a report that recommended that EU nations declare abortion to be … a human right and to make abortion available within all public health systems of member countries. … After the voting was complete, 351 MEPs voted to send the pro-abortion bill back to committee while 319 voted against the move to zap…
Save the Knives for ObamaCare: Four Ways to Actually Defund the ACA
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelfcannon/2013/10/20/sa…for-obamacare-four-ways-to-actually-defund-the-aca-n1728053
– You voted for ObamaCare! … will I issue a subpoena, but I’m going to have to do a lot more.” … If ObamaCare opponents want to defund the law, they should urge Issa to follow through on his threat to issue a subpoena, and “do…
Calling Fraud for What It Is
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/10/20/calling-fraud-for-what-it-is-n1728041
– When I, as a naturally-born citizen of the United States, travel abroad, I have to stand in line to show U.S. … Customs agents my passport that proves I’m an American citizen to regain entry to the country. … John "The Government is Broke and Continuing to Spend WAY Too Much Money" Ransom wants to mobilize a DEA task force to address the…
Progressives Made Their Beds; It’s Time They Lay In It
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2013/10/20/progressives-made-their-beds-its-time-they-lay-in-it-n1727804
– It was going to happen. … It’s going to be painful, but it’s also going to be quick. … They are indifferent to the cost to both the country and individual, and the pain to the individual is, to them, irrelevant.…
MSNBC Live Caption: "GOP Flubs Obamacare Launch"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2013/10/18/msnbc…e-website-launch-fail-was-totally-republicans-fault-n1727374
– They forgot, of course, that not one single Republican voted for Obamacare, much less had anything to do with its implementation.…
Tea Party Wasting Energy Hunting an Extinct Species
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2013/10/18/tea-party-wasting-energy-hunting-an-extinct-species-n1726574
– The Rockefeller Republicans were authentic liberals well to the left of Richard Nixon, who would today be considered to be left of … They liked the New Deal, or at least grew to like it. … To do that, the GOP needs to persuade voters to become a little more conservative, not to hector already-conservative politicians to
Analysis: Breaking Down Ken Cuccinelli's Close Loss in Virginia
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/11/06/lessons-and-trends-from-new-jersey-and-virginia-elections-n1739079
To that end, here's how the Obama brand played in a state that voted for him twice: Virginia before Obama … He secured the nomination (in a convention, not a primary), then struggled to raise funds from wire to wire. … How many defeats will it take for Republicans to draw up an effective strategy to combat this line of attack?…
Watch: Sen. Mike Enzi Predicted Obamacare Failures Three Years Ago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2013/11/06/watch…e-enzi-predicted-obamacare-failures-three-years-ago-n1739809
– “Employers will be less likely to hire new workers and probably even lay off workers.” … to keep the insurance they want. … Yet, as he explained, every single Democrat voted against it.…
Kathleen Sebelius In the Hot Seat Again on Capitol Hill
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/11/06/kathleen-sebelius-in-the-hot-seat-again-on-capitol-hill-n1739742
– Lawmakers have serious concerns about the privacy and personal health information of Americans as reports continue to service showing … Healthcare.gov is an unsecure website sending personal health information to the wrong people. … Yesterday, American Crossroads released a series of advertisements in red states representad by Democratic Senators who voted for Obamacare…
And You Thought Obama Didn’t Believe in Torture
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/11/06/and-you-thought-obama-didnt-believe-in-torture-n1738872
– I know it’s unrealistic to ask president Obama to stop torturing the English language in an attempt to do so much for our own … It goes right to emotional competency. … It makes it easy for people to watch negotiations to reduce our debt, end up in a bipartisan plan to increase our debt—all taken with…
The Most Important Election of 2013
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/11/06/the-most-important-election-of-2013-n1738733
– Within a decade, the top tax rate will be closer to 8% or 9%. … And it was Swiss voters who overwhelmingly voted (84.7 percent) for the “debt brake” in 2001. … Anyhow, if you know any Colorado voters, you may want to send them this video.…
National Journal: Obama Now "Lying About Lies"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/11/05/national-journal-obama-now-lying-about-lies-n1738052
– Once Americans stop believing in Obama, they will stop listening to him. They won't trust government to manage health care. … And they will wonder what happened to reform-minded leader who promised never to lie to them. … Which is why poseurs like Mary Landrieu are clamoring to revisit a bill every single Senate Democrat voted to kill in 2010, when it…
Videos: Three Red State Senate Dems Who Lied to Americans
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2013/11/05/videos-three-red-state-senate-dems-who-lied-to-americans-n1737999
– “These Democrats use lies to promote their agenda and then attack their opponents. … When Americans see Democratic attack ads next year, they need to remember this wasn't the first time these people lied to them.” … All three Senators voted for Obamacare. Perhaps they’ll wish they hadn’t come Election Day.…
Obama in 2009: We Will Call Out Those Who Lie About Obamacare
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/11/05/obama…2009-we-will-call-out-those-who-lie-about-obamacare-n1738096
– My fellow blogger Pundit Pete has brought my attention to President Obama's 2009 Joint Session of Congress speech on Healthcare … Will Obama call out fellow Democrats who helped push a lie to the American people in order to get Obamacare passed? … All three of these states are represented by vulnerable Senate Democrats who voted for Obamacare.…
McAuliffe Campaigns, and Would Probably Govern, Just Like Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/gayletrotter/2013/11/05/mcau…campaigns-and-would-probably-govern-just-like-obama-n1736900
– I’m going to hire people to read them for me.” … The McAuliffe attack ads has charge that Cuccinelli seeks to limit women’s access to health care. … The Richmond-Times Dispatch has voted “present,” deciding to sit this one out rather than giving either candidate the paper’s endorsement…
Syrian Opposition Appears to Be Grasping at Straws
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/11/05/syrian-opposition-appears-to-be-grasping-at-straws-n1736894
– This is a longstanding deal that is finally coming to completion. … The negotiations followed the loss of an Indian Kilo-class submarine to an accident. … Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban voted on 2 November to replace Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a strike by a USunmanned aerial…
We the People V. Obamacare
https://townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/2013/11/05/we-the-people-v-obamacare-n1736585
– Editor's Note: This article was originally published under the name "Nicole Bailey" due to an error. … He hopes to strip Americans of those private policies altogether. And he’s succeeding. … How to Save Your Family: Vote Your Freedom So what’s to be done?…
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